Weightlifting (album)
| Weightlifting | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop, jangle pop | |||
| Length | 44:19 | |||
| Label | SpinART[1] | |||
| Producer | Simon Dine, Trashcan Sinatras | |||
| Trashcan Sinatras chronology | ||||
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Weightlifting is the fourth studio album by the Scottish pop/rock band Trashcan Sinatras, released in 2004.[2][3]
Production
The album was financed by the band and through a grant from the Scottish Arts Council.[1]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [5] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
| Filter | 80%[6] |
| Mojo | [7] |
| Now | [8] |
| The Observer | [9] |
| Paste | [10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
| Uncut | [12] |
| Under the Radar | 9/10[13] |
The Washington Post called the album "less jaunty than the band's early work, with a high percentage of string-swaddled laments about such subjects as faithless women, haunted widowers and unsolved child murders."[14] Exclaim! wrote that "many of the compositions wander into slower, quieter places of lyrical introspection about love and love astray, while other upbeat numbers seem thrown in for good measure, abound with delightfully catchy guitar melodies and hopeful vocals."[15] The A.V. Club wrote that "songs occasionally ride dangerously close to the adult-contemporary world (the weeping guitar on 'Leave Me Alone,' for example), but only in search of something simply adult."[16] Robert Christgau considered the album to be a "dud".[17]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Welcome Back" | 2:24 |
| 2. | "Got Carried Away" | 3:48 |
| 3. | "All the Dark Horses" | 4:10 |
| 4. | "What Women Do to Men" | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Freetime" | 2:26 |
| 6. | "Usually" | 4:53 |
| 7. | "It's a Miracle" | 3:09 |
| 8. | "A Coda" | 2:44 |
| 9. | "Trouble Sleeping" | 4:34 |
| 10. | "Country Air" | 3:27 |
| 11. | "Leave Me Alone" | 4:01 |
| 12. | "Weightlifting" | 4:39 |
References
- ^ a b c Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 246.
- ^ "The Trash Can Sinatras | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Heavy Rotation". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. 9 September 2004 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Reviews for Weightlifting by Trash Can Sinatras". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Weightlifting The Trash Can Sinatras | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Weightlifting isn't unusually exceptional; it simply keeps the chain of magnificence unbroken. [#12, p.101]
- ^ Tender, wise, compassionate and magnanimous, it's a special, special record for anyone who has ever hurt. [Dec 2004, p.114]
- ^ Bromstein, Elizabeth (29 September 2004). "WEIGHTLIFTING - TRASHCAN SINATRAS". Now. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Trashcan Sinatras: Weightlifting | OMM | The Observer". www.theguardian.com.
- ^ It's a welcome, bliss-smacked comeback. [#13, p.121]
- ^ Chock-full of well-textured pop reveries. [16 Sep 2004, p.80]
- ^ "Trashcan Sinatras - Weightlifting". 1 December 2004.
- ^ An important, modestly beautiful album that is both heartbreaking and conversely optimistic--an exceptional piece of work that begs to be discovered. [#7]
- ^ "TRASHCAN SINATRAS" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Trashcan Sinatras Weightlifting". exclaim.ca.
- ^ "Trashcan Sinatras: Weightlifting". Music.
- ^ "Trashcan Sinatras". Robert Christgau.